Chapter 299: Diffusion
"Doodoo ......"
A truck approached slowly, and the barbed wire gate was automatically opened by remote control, allowing the truck to drive in and stay in the clearing. Professionals in full-body protective suits, who had been waiting for a long time, arranged for the registration of the people who came from the truck one by one.
These pale, panicked people, there are whites, blacks, old people, and young people, although they are different in age, gender, and occupation, they all have one characteristic - potential infection risk group!
According to the White House administration's latest emergency law, which requires people who are deemed to be potentially infected, they must unconditionally comply with the quarantine measures of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which can be implemented in all states across the country in the shortest possible time. In order to prevent disrespect and disregard for the law, the National Guard was temporarily mobilized to act as a helper, imposing mandatory quarantine measures on those who dared to resist and refused to quarantine.
Naturally, the process is not immune to bloodshed and violence.
Even last year's public demonstrations to protest against the shooting of African Americans, the authorities dared to directly carry out forced suppression, and this epidemic incident endangers the security of the United States, and the National Guard will not be polite to those who dare to disrupt the implementation of the law.
A large number of people who have been in contact with, or are likely to have contact with infected people, are brought into temporary quarantine areas in various regions in large numbers for early quarantine.
As soon as everyone comes in, they take a blood sample for testing, grade identification, and then arrange a separate isolation residence (due to the large number of people, each quarantined person can only tolerate a few square meters of small space), and wait for the test report after 24 hours.
If the report proves that the quarantined person is not in danger, then a warning will be made to send them home, and if they are tested for infectious bacteria, the result will only be sent to a nearby hospital. In a more heavily guarded hospital, waiting for death to come.
"You are breaking the law, I will sue you, yes, I will call my lawyer to sue you!"
A man in a neatly dressed suit was probably irritated by the attitude of the staff. He screamed loudly and shouted angrily at the hazmat suit personnel.
The crowd was in a commotion, although the distance between everyone was divided to prevent safety, and it did not affect people's eye contact and the spread of fear.
"Smack!"
There was a crisp sound of bones, and before the man in the suit could shout again, two National Guard soldiers with guns on the side came over and smashed the butt of a rifle on his arm, causing the man to hold his arm and retreat.
"You guys. What do you want to do? β
The man snorted in pain, feeling a pang of fear at the two soldiers in protective suits.
It's a pity that his shouting can't get the sympathy of the two soldiers, so he surrounded the man and unceremoniously used his fists and kicks, hitting and kicking, and soon beat the angry man to the ground, and could only hold his head and endure it in pain.
The office worker, who sat in the office all the year round, was kicked a few times by two soldiers. It was almost dying, if it weren't for the people from the Disease Prevention and Control Center who came in a hurry. A human life may well have been lost here.
The crowd in the open space was terrified, looking at these soldiers, feeling both frightened and strange, are these people really the National Guard of the United States?
After dealing with those who dared to make trouble in cold blood, the two soldiers retreated to their positions, holding automatic rifles and looking at the crowd indifferently. As soon as something is wrong, we must immediately come forward and suppress it.
Crackdowns and conflicts are constant, and iron-blooded repression sometimes doesn't solve the problem, especially for Americans who like to demonstrate, and the elements of rebellion and riots lurk in every person with guns. In the first hour. The crowd could barely accept the arrangement under the vigilance of the soldiers, but when a panicked man screamed and refused to accept a blood sample, shouting that he was infected, the fear and anger that had already accumulated in the crowd exploded.
Not wanting to die, the urge to flee from here made people riot against the steel wire fence barrier in spite of it.
Especially after the crowd rioted in the open space, the people who were isolated from the quarantine area also began to rush out, and no matter how the staff stopped and persuaded them, no one paid attention.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
After a few shots were fired, a few soldiers were overthrown by the crowd and drowned at the feet of the angry crowd.
βSTOPοΌSTOPβ¦β¦β
Beside the gate of the quarantine area, dozens of National Guard personnel guarding the gate looked at the rushing crowd in horror, and the continuous scolding had almost no effect, but was beaten back again and again by the shoes and clothes thrown by the crowd.
"Smack......
Seven or eight tear gas grenades turned into an arc from the air, and fell into the crowd emitting a pungent white smoke of tear gas, which instantly made the shocked crowd rush and be hit by the rubber bullets that followed closely behind.
It was only then that the National Guard, who were guarding the door, breathed a sigh of relief.
If a few days ago, the people of North America were afraid to go out too much because of the fear of the epidemic, then a few days later, with the rising death toll on the news every day, the fear finally exploded completely.
In September last year, the U.S. government brought back a nurse infected with Ebola from Africa, which alone caused a national outcry about whether it would affect the security of the United States, and the whole society was panicked and opposed to the government bringing the infected people back to China.
One Ebolan infected person will cause unrest in the Americans, so hundreds of thousands of infected people, more than 300,000 quarantined people, what kind of storm will this create?
At least ordinary people know the fact that infection, that is, death, is a disease for which there is no cure. Thinking that his husband or wife was infected with such a disease and died alone with no cure, many people who were quarantined broke out in Los Angeles the day before yesterday An accident that hit the isolation zone broke out.
In a quarantine area, more than 1,000 potentially infected people were quarantined, and because of their loved ones, and fearing for their future fate, people angrily picked up everything they could find, including bowls, stones, masonry, forks, etc., and rushed towards the quarantine zone.
The isolation zone composed of M1A3 main battle tanks and armored vehicles can even resist the impact of the crowd inside the isolation belt, but the soldiers standing in it can only bow down to avoid the smashed objects.
Dozens of tear gas canisters were fired, and stun guns, rubber bullets and other anti-violence weapons were used one after another in a vain attempt to suppress the rushing crowd......
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Thick black smoke rose from all over the huge city of Los Angeles, and the crowd protesting the government's inaction and opaque policies, under the guise of demonstrators, quickly turned a demonstration in Los Angeles into a city-wide riot.
Compared with the epidemic in Southeast Asia and other places, where the medical system is extremely backward, the outbreak is even more terrifying, and the number of infected people in a week has exceeded 2 million in a week, and the number of potential infections is unimaginable.
The government's inefficient enforcement and lack of adequate medical resources have forced governments in many places in Southeast Asia and other places to effectively isolate potentially infected people, and even simple pacification and suppression cannot be completed in the face of people in fearful areas. If it had been in the past, the Philippines could still ask the US government for help, but unfortunately, at this moment, the United States is too busy to take care of itself, and where can it still have the energy to take care of the Philippines.
Affected by the widespread impact of the epidemic, the global stock market has been hit hard, and Wall Street and other global financial centers around the world have almost been implicated, and the losses are uncountable.
However, Bernie and Cass, who were mixed in the crowd at the moment, did not feel anything about it, and the two of them crowded into the crowd of riots, watching the police and soldiers blocking the streets, and hid in the alley next to them.
"Los Angeles has been completely in chaos......"
Bernie whispered.
"Damn, coming here with you is definitely the unluckiest thing in my life!"
Cass grunted, "Come on, let's get out of Los Angeles quickly, I'm afraid we'll get this germ too." β
ββ¦β¦ No, they can't leave like this, Britney is still in their hands. β
"Oh my God, Bernie, do you bastard really believe what they say?"
Cass opened his eyes in disbelief and grabbed Bernie's shoulder: "You're definitely throwing yourself into the net by going like this!" When did you become so stupid? β
"No, of course I'm not going to that place."
Bernie shook his head, revealing the pistol at his waist, causing the two black men with bats to come in look at each other, but slowly retreated.
"So you're ready?"
Cass asked, ignoring the two blacks, lighting a cigarette.
Without directly answering Cass's words, Bernie took out his phone and clicked on Google Maps, selected a target and threw it to Cass.
Looking down, Cass frowned: "Andres? What kind of company is this? β
"I recently looked up some former friends to investigate some of the Frost consortium, and found that they have been in Los Angeles in Los Angeles for a very close relationship with the new company, not only with a lot of financial assistance, but also with personnel exchanges, I suspect ......"
"Do you suspect that this Andres has anything to do with that?"
Cass tossed the phone back to Bernie.
"It's just a suspicion, but I think it's very likely."
Bernie took back his phone and said, "To go or not?" β
"Well, brother, please give me the best option."
Spreading his hands helplessly, Cass sighed: "Maybe I have a choice?" β
"Let's go."
Patting Cass on the shoulder, Bernie headed deeper into the alley.
"Boom!"
Several flames exploded in the street outside the alley, and several young black men who threw Molotov cocktails cheered a few times, and ducked into the crowd with their heads as the police watched. (To be continued......)